Happiness is not defined by situation or location. It’s a matter of opening your eyes and letting yourself be happy in the moment.

Green figs are superior to black figs.

Sometimes it’s best not to over-think things. I should have been to scared and nervous to attend a conference with 200 bloggers I don’t know very well. I should have been concerned about how I would get there and afford it all. Instead, I just went for it. I don’t regret a thing.

Blogging has changed my life. I can’t even begin to imagine the life path I would be on now if it weren’t for this little piece of the internet.

For too long I’ve been focusing my energies on maintaining a significant weight loss. When instead I should have been trying to maintain a healthy mind and body. The two are very different and don’t always deem the same results. The latter is all I care about now.

Trader Joe’s Sunflower Seed Butter is CRACK. In terms of smooth nut/seed butter, I think it’s one of the best I’ve had!

Toronto would not be the same without some of the wonderful bloggers I’ve connected with here.

I am officially two months into my Toronto adventure and only now do I feel like I’m finally in the swing of things. I’ve got a feeling I still have a lot of learning to do ;) Starting with Tina’s 30 Days of Self Love in September. Go click!

For too long I’ve been focusing my energies on maintaining a significant weight loss. When instead I should have been trying to maintain a healthy mind and body. The two are very different and don’t always deem the same results. The latter is all I care about now.

HERE HERE!

I learned that stressing does nothing. Take it one day, one moment, one project at a time and everything will work out.

I love these posts. I always try to remember to do these but I forget.

In August I learned this, too, “Blogging has changed my life. I can’t even begin to imagine the life path I would be on now if it weren’t for this little piece of the internet.”

Now i think you meant this in a positive way. I actaully have been confronted with an awful, dirty, disgusting underbelly side. I hate it. I have feared for my safety and wonder what will become of things. It’s been an eye opener. Before Aug, I said the same thing you did, in a good way. Now, I have friends, I have made and met them, wondering why I need to continue to expose myself…sorry this is turning dark…

Moving on…
YES TJs sunflower seed butter is the BEST nut butter ever. Espi for 3.99 a jar. I have never tried the Pb & Co. nut butters b/c 8 or 10 or 12 bucks for a jar of white choc wonderful aint happening, ever, in this house :)

I’ve learned a lot of stuff this August. I hate flying, chocolate makes me really really happy, and that fear foods are meant to be eaten, ’cause they taste delicious :)
I’ve also learned that Switzerland is beautiful, and that spending a month and a half in another country is amazing, and not terrifying as I thought

I learned that I no longer need to be constantly weighing myself. I’ve ditched the scales apart from one monthy check. It feels really liberating not to be a slave to the scale. I’m learning to trust myself around food more. I do know how to balance my diet and maintain my weight loss!

If having a chocolate addiction is wrong then I don’t ever want to be right!!

I think the main thing I’ve learned this month, or at least it finally *clicked* is that eating healthy and working out makes me feel good and I should be doing it for myself and my health and not for weight loss. Somehow, this realizating has made it make sense and it’s become effortless, whereas when my main focus was weightloss it was always such a chore. I’m not sure if that even makes sense, but that was my main realization.

I love your learning posts too! Blogging has changed me so much as well, and I can’t imagine my life with out it. (I too, have met some FABULOUS ladies, yourself included of course!)

I learned in August that it’s not worth stressing over things that are out of your control. I worried for so long about my job situation, but finally decided that I should just trust God and what is meant to happen will happen. And it did! :)

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I learned more in the month of August than in any other month of my life. Crazy, right?! I learned mostly about what I want out of life…I mean, what I really *really* want. And now? Now I just have to go get it. EEK! Here's to September :)

“When instead I should have been trying to maintain a healthy mind and body. The two are very different and don’t always deem the same results. The latter is all I care about now.”

I love this statement. You are so correct in that the 2 are very different. I have kind of come to that conclusion myself and have stopped officially trying to take off the last 10 pounds that I have been fussing about for the last 2 years.

I learned that just because you lock something up, doesn’t mean someone won’t take it.

I have learned a lot about new ingredients that I never used before. I also learned about nutrition info to maintain a healthier diet (i.e. how much protein, sodium, carbs, is right for me) But, I think the most remarkable accomplishment for me in the month of August was learning how to spell ‘reminisce’ for once and for all. That’s a tricky one, right?

wow awesome post! you have done so much in august! ahh taht pic was SO taken in TJ’s! hehe I spied that red basket ;)

I LOVE green figs! i had them in isreal once and they were like pure candy crack! so so good!!! the sunflower butter is awesome, but i acutally got sick of it halfway through, it got a little too sweet for me! but it is def delicious! I have learned that I have EXTREME discipline when it comes to food and fitness since training for my fitness comp!

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My name is Susan, I'm a 20-something living in Atlantic Canada and this is my blog about... me. I used to blog about food and fitness, but that all changed in June 2011 when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. After six months of chemotherapy, I was declared cancer-free in January 2012. I now write about anything and everything as I stumble through my post-cancer world. I'm a trained journalist currently working as a writer/researcher. I also have a background in personal fitness training and nutrition. Welcome to my piece of the internet!
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